FR-VLA: Implicit Force Reasoning VLA for Contact-Rich Manipulation - 2026-10-19 - Research Publication - FR-VLA uses implicit force reasoning for contact-rich manipulation. Five tasks are evaluated on UR5e and UR3e robots with force/torque information and external and wrist-mounted cameras. - source: arxiv.org
TriSAR-3D and PaintFusion: A Novel Trimodal LiDAR–RGB–Thermal Dataset and Method for 3D Person Detection in Search and Rescue - 2026-10-15 - Research Publication - TriSAR-3 D combines LiDAR, RGB and thermal recordings of people in varied rescue-relevant poses. PaintFusion fuses these modalities for 3 D person detection in indoor and outdoor settings. - source: arxiv.org